Higanbana Filming Locations

Higanbana filming locations

Where was Higanbana filmed? Higanbana was filmed in 5 locations across Japan and Australia in the following places:

Higanbana Filming Locations

Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan ( Seen in pillow shots. )

One of the city’s top shopping districts, Ginza is packed with upmarket boutiques and ritzy cocktail and sushi bars. Fine jewelry is sold in the 1930s Wako Honkan department store, while ultramodern Ginza Place specializes in high-tech electronics. On weekends, main drag Chuo Dori becomes a stylish pedestrian promenade. Traditional Japanese dance and drama is staged at the landmark Kabuki-za theater.

St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan ( hospital exteriors )

Higanbana : Hirayama and Mikami on the bridge
Takeshima Bridge, Gamagori, Aichi, Japan ( Hirayama and Mikami on the bridge )

Tokyo Station, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan ( opening shots of the train station )

Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan ( family's day out by the lake )

Hakone, in Japan's Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park west of Tokyo, is a mountainous town known for its hot springs resorts (onsen) and views of the iconic volcano Mount Fuji. It also encompasses Hakone Shrine, a Shinto shrine with a red “torii” gate overlooking Lake Ashi, which can be toured by boat, as well as the boiling sulphur springs of the Owakudani Valley.

Higanbana (1958)
Runtime: 118 minutes
Rating: 7.8
Release year: 1958
IMDB: tt0051720
Plot summary

A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.

Genres
Comedy
Drama
Cast
Shin Saburi
Kinuyo Tanaka
Ineko Arima
Yoshiko Kuga
Directors
Yasujirô Ozu
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Higanbana filming locations